May 2006
March 2006
Identity Production in a Networked Culture: Why Youth Heart MySpace
by bcpbcp & 6 others (via)
I want to talk with you today about how teenagers are using a website called MySpace.com. I will briefly describe the site and then discuss how youth use it for identity production and socialization in contemporary American society.
I have been following MySpace since its launch in 2003. Initially, it was the home to 20-somethings interested in indie music in Los Angeles. Today, you will be hard pressed to find an American teenager who does not know about the site, regardless of whether or not they participate. Over 50 million accounts have been created and the majority of participants are what would be labeled youth - ages 14-24. MySpace has more pageviews per day than any site on the web except Yahoo! (yes, more than Google or MSN).
February 2006
January 2006
The Anti-hero. He will, he will rock you.
by jasonbentley
Meet Dustin. He's stuck rockin' out in a small town in Illinois, biding his time until the day he is called up to save your sorry asses from pure, insensate evil...which sucks when yer hawt, muscled, 18, and itchin' to dispense serious justice.
December 2005
September 2005
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